BILL NUMBER: AB 2036	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 31495) to
Division 17 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
transportation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2036, as amended, Mansoor. Toll facilities.
   Existing law authorizes certain toll facilities on public
highways.
   This bill would authorize a toll facility to be initially
implemented on a public highway  within the boundaries of the
County of Orange  only if the toll facility is approved by a 2/3
vote of the electorate in the  area served by the toll
facility   county , and would define 
"area," "public highway,"   "public highway"  and
"toll facility" for these purposes. 
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity for special legislation. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 31495) is added to
Division 17 of the Streets and Highways Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 9.  TOLL FACILITIES


   31495.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
Article 3 (commencing with Section 90) of Chapter 1 of Division 1, or
any other law, a toll facility may be initially implemented on a
public highway  within the boundaries of the County of Orange
 only if the toll facility is approved by a two-thirds vote of
the electorate in the  area served by the toll facility
  county  . Nothing in this section prohibits the
charging for parking associated with a public highway or the charging
of park entrance or other park user charges  in the county 
. 
   (b) "Area" means the region within five miles of the toll
facility.  
   (c) 
    (b)  "Public highway" means a state or local agency
highway, road, or street and includes a bridge. 
   (d) 
    (c)  "Toll facility" means a toll road, toll bridge,
toll lane, or any other facility on a public highway  within the
boundaries of the County of Orange  for which a toll is to be
charged, and includes the entire length of the portion of the public
highway that is subject to the toll. "Toll facility" includes a
high-occupancy toll lane.
   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique circumstances in the
County of Orange, with a voter-approved sales tax for transportation
purposes, where a new toll facility would have significant access and
economic impacts on the various communities along highway routes
within the county.